Goals by Jared Spurgeon and Nino Niederreiter with 2:18 and 1:27 left gave the Wild one last shot, with their net emptied. The final few whacks were either wide or turned aside by Crawford, who stopped 124 of 131 shots in the four games.

It was the first playoff sweep by Chicago since the 2010 West finals against the Sharks.

“They want to be successful,” Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville said of his players. “They want to find ways to win, and in the end, they want to be champions.”

Rozsival was hurt in the second period as he turned to defend Thomas Vanek at the Chicago blue line. Vanek ended up with a breakaway, but Crawford went with Vanek’s deke to his backhand and brushed aside the shot with his blocker. Rozsival was helped off the ice.

Chicago eliminated Minnesota from the playoffs for the third straight year.

“Obviously, that’s not the way we wanted it to end,” Vanek said.

Canadiens 6, Lightning 2:Carey Price stopped 22 shots, Max Pacioretty had a shorthanded goal and two assists, and Montreal beat host Tampa Bay in Game 4 to stay alive in the Eastern Conference series. Game 5 is Saturday in Montreal. ... Lightning goalie Ben Bishop allowed three goals on 14 shots before he was pulled in the second period.

McLellan update: Former Sharks head coach Todd McLellan interviewed Wednesday for the Oilers’ vacant coaching job, the Edmonton Sun reported. McLellan, who guided San Jose for seven seasons, parted company with the team last month.

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